Take a closer look at a course topic that directly relates to your current or desired industry, as well as developing your practical research skills in such a way as to enhance your competitive advantage as a manager.

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Sustainability Issues in the Food Industry

This assignment has the dual purpose of allowing you to take a closer look at a course topic that directly relates to your current or desired industry, as well as developing your practical research skills in such a way as to enhance your competitive advantage as a manager. Here are the basics:

Your paper should be 4-5 pages long, not including the cover and reference pages, and written in APA7 style (student paper format). No abstract is required. Use standard business English, usage, and grammar. Usage, spelling, format, and grammar count.

References should be from credible sources published within the last two-three years, including one research paper. When selecting resources, you can’t go wrong if you look for peer-reviewed articles.

Explore the changes that technological advances are causing in the workplace and what innovations there will need to be to address these alterations to the work humans will be doing in the future.

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Humans Need Not Apply

Assignment Objective:
Students will explore the changes that technological advances are causing in the workplace and what innovations there will need to be to address these alterations to the work humans will be doing in the future.

Connection to Module Objective:
This assignment measures the module objective: Discuss how organizations can plan for the mental demands of a job.

Steps:
1. First watch the video in the link found here
Humans Need Not Apply (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU)
Humans Need Not Apply

2. Write 2-3 paragraphs reflecting on the ideas and predictions discussed in the video for the future of employment; the viability and usefulness of human resources versus machines, robots, and computers; and what this all means to companies, the HRM profession, and the future of jobs as we know them. The video is a few years old but still relevant to the changes we are seeing currently.

3. Relate the changes the video is discussing to the changes we have seen concerning work during the Global Pandemic of 2020-2022. Do the changes we have experienced reaffirm the video’s ideas and predictions or are we seeing alternative work and careers in answer to technological advances that were not discussed in the video? Has work become more mental and less physical?

4. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Your post and responses are due Tuesday, September 20 and are worth 30 points.

Describe methods for designing a job so that it can be done efficiently. Identify approaches to designing a job to make it motivating.

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HRM Trends in Job Design

Describe methods for designing a job so that it can be done efficiently. Identify approaches to designing a job to make it motivating.

Steps:
1. Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn’t a good place to do work. In his talk, he lays out the main problems (calling them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make work work. Go to to the video link here Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work (https://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work)and watch “Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work”. It is about 15 minutes long.

2. Write 2-3 paragraphs discussing whether you agree with the speaker’s perspective. Explain why or why not. Be as specific as possible.

3. Include the changes to work that have happened since the Pandemic. Has this changed your perspective and opinion about this video that discusses the pre-pandemic work world?

4. How can HR departments help make work time more productive for employees and their companies? Answer in 1 – 2 paragraphs. Be specific; use details and examples in your discussion.

5. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Your original post and your thoughtful response to at least two students are worth 20 points.

Does the list of accepted projects change from Part 2? What is the opportunity cost of the eliminated $200,000?

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Investment and estimated net

(Problem 10-41) Grosvenor Industries has designated $1.2 million for capital investment expenditures during the upcoming year. Its cost of capital is 14 percent. Any unused funds will earn the cost of capital rate. The following investment opportunities along with their required investment and estimated net present values have been identified:

Project Net Investment NPV Project Net Investment NPV
A $200,000 $22,000 F $250,000.00 $30,000.00
B $275,000 $21,000 G $100,000.00 $7,000.00
C $150,000 $6,000 H $200,000.00 $18,000.00
D $190,000 -$19,000 I $210,000.00 $4,000.00
E $500,000 $40,000 J $250,000.00 $35,000.00

In your response, complete the following:

  • Rank the projects using the profitability index. Considering the limit on funds available, which projects should be accepted?
  • Using the NPV, which projects should be accepted, considering the limit on funds available?
  • If the available investment funds are reduced to only $1,000,000:
    • Does the list of accepted projects change from Part 2?
    • What is the opportunity cost of the eliminated $200,000?

 

 

 

 

Generate a “resources sheet” with the appropriate resources for your tasks, and assign them properly and avoiding overallocations. Set the project planning with a baseline in terms of time and cost.

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Advanced Project Planning Course. MSProject

In this first deliverable you are asked to create a project schedule (network diagram), with the following characteristics:

Minimum of 30 tasks, with correct dependencies of predecessors and successors, and a depth of at least 3 WBS levels.

Divided into different phases, including summary tasks, milestones like project start, project finish and project phases finish.

The WBS code field must be used correctly.

Realistic calendar with holidays, correct timetable, etc.

It does not have to include resources (it is then a network diagram).

The specific topic for the project is free, preferably oriented to your professional environment for better applicability.

As a final activity for this workshop you are requested to continue with the work started with Activity 1. Based on that network diagram, you will have to:

Generate a “resources sheet” with the appropriate resources for your tasks (human resources, materials, cost), and assign them properly and avoiding overallocations.

Set the project planning with a baseline in terms of time and cost.

Simulate the project progress: we can assume we are in the middle of the project, and most of the tasks are on-track, but a few of them have shifted in time and/or cost.

Generate an adequate report, to show the differences between baseline and reality.

 

Is there an approach or a corporate orientation that would help neutralize such forces, in particular new entrants? How can value innovation protect against or minimize such a threat? Provide specific examples. Is there one approach or orientation that would help neutralize all threats identified in the Porter model?

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Competitive environments of various industries

Michael porter developed his five forces model to analyze the competitive environments of various industries within a place in which competition will take place.   For example, barriers to entry is one of the five forces. Another is the threat of substitute products or services.

Each provides a potential threat to the  competitive advantage that a firm might have.

Is there an approach or a corporate orientation that would help neutralize such forces, in particular new entrants?  How can value innovation protect against or minimize such a threat?  Provide specific examples. Is there one approach or orientation that would help neutralize all threats identified in the Porter model?

Write an essay about introduction of leadership, why management, what are the challenges for CEOs.

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Module 0 reflection journal

Write an essay  about introduction of leadership, why management, what are the challenges for CEOs.

How does the company describe its products and/or services? How does the company describe its industry? Is your company subject to seasonal cyclicality and/or dependent on the price of specific commodities?

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Steve Madden 10-k Scaenger Hunt

Read the directions in the document and answer the question using the link below.  sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/913241/000162828022004561/shoo-20211231.htm

Provide your answers in blue (RGB #0000FF) font. The use of tables or charts is acceptable if they will communicate your answer more clearly. Provide your answers in your own words whenever possible and refrain from directly copying and pasting information from the 10-K.

Provide the 10-K page number(s) from which you retrieved your answer under “Page(s)”. The questions below are designed to be broad and applicable to all companies assigned to you and your classmates. If a question does not apply to your company, please say so in the answer section, but please do your best to provide something, however indirectly it addresses the question.

Page(s) ⦁ Calculate LTM revenue as of Q2 (ended 06/30/22) using the relevant 10-Q and 10-K.

Page(s) ⦁ How does the company describe its products and/or services?

Page(s) ⦁ How does the company describe its industry?

Page(s) ⦁ Is your company subject to seasonal cyclicality and/or dependent on the price of specific commodities?

Page(s) ⦁ Select what you believe to be the three most significant risk factors your company lists and record them below. Briefly explain your rationale behind each choice.

Page(s) ⦁ What are the company’s business segments and what is its description of each?

Page(s) ⦁ What are the company’s reportable geographic segments?

Page(s) ⦁ What projections does the company make for the next fiscal year?

Page(s) ⦁ What core strategies are the company focusing on?

Page(s) ⦁ Does your company own or lease most equipment and facilities? Why do you think they do one as opposed to the other, or some combination of the two?

Page(s) ⦁ Does your company pay dividends and/or buy back shares? Plan on paying down its debt ahead of schedule? Does your company mention its strategy for returning value to shareholders in the future?

Page(s) ⦁ What were capital expenditures (or your company’s equivalent(s)) in the most recent fiscal year?

Page(s) ⦁ How many shares of the company were outstanding at the time of the filing?

Page(s) ⦁ Does your company have any expenses or expenditures you would consider non-recurring or adjustable?

Page(s) ⦁ Does the company have an executive or employee stock option plan? Briefly describe the mechanics of restricted stock awards.

Page(s)⦁ How many tranches of debt does the company have?

Page(s) ⦁ Does the company have a revolving credit facility? If so, how large is the facility and how much is currently drawn down?

Page(s) ⦁ Who is the current CEO? Who is the chairman of the board of directors? Briefly describe the recent developments in the CEO role.

 

Provide annotations. Provide at least one paragraph of notes on each of at least six to eight articles and other sources that you will include in your Week 6 article draft. Obviously, research grows research, so by Week 6 you will have more sources to include.

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Article Planning & Development

Interests: Human Resources

In this week’s assignment you will start to work on the summative assignment due in Week 6. Be sure to review the full requirements for the assignment, which has you develop a substantial draft of an article that you may wish to continue working on after the course is completed with the goal of submission to a peer-reviewed journal for publication. You will be demonstrating in-depth knowledge of the current literature in your chosen field. A selection of current topics has been developed throughout the weekly assignments in this course.
The specific area you choose should reflect your interests and your passion for making a difference. The focus of the paper can be one of the following: the area of your dissertation; an area in which you want to become an expert, complementing your dissertation research; or an area in which you want to develop specific expertise for offering consulting solutions to organizational and industrial problems. Focus on a topic that has significance for global organizations and the application of IO psychology theories.

While much of the article draft in Week 6 should read like a completed work, it will not be complete in all sections — a few sections may need to be sketched. In those instances, a plan for completion of those sections and appropriate rationale should be provided.

You must select from two types of articles, A or B, for this assignment:

Critical Review of and Contribution to the Literature on a current and global issue. This normally will include a focus on critique or expansion or new application of theory.

Contribution to Gathering and Understanding of Data on a current and global issue. A great deal of your review of the literature will be completed in this course. You will select a research design and methodology during this course, but will not be able to complete any gathering of primary data during this course nor will you able to apply statistical analysis to any data. Our six week time frame does not make this possible.

Both options focus on a current issue or trend in IO psychology important to you. You may be contributing a critique of theory, a proposal of theory, a critical analysis of data gathered by others, a proposal to better explain data that has been gathered, or a proposal that there are gaps in the data on an important or interesting issue. There are other possibilities as well.

For this week, Week 3, you will need to submit the following items:

Reference List. This week, you should have a large part of your reference list completed. Provide annotations. Provide at least one paragraph of notes on each of at least six to eight articles and other sources that you will include in your Week 6 article draft. Obviously, research grows research, so by Week 6 you will have more sources to include. And, if you continue to work on this for publication after the course is over, you will likely find yet more important sources.

Topic Selection and Rationale. This week you should also write at least one full page (330 words) on the topic you have selected and why it is important to you. Give sound reasons why your work will be a contribution to this field (and to application of IO psychology). Focus on a topic that has significance for global organizations.
Your Position.

In at least one full page, articulate the gaps, shortfalls, omissions you found in several articles that inspire you to correct or critique the positions held by the authors. Or, in at least one full page, articulate the interest you have found in the work of several authors of articles that inspire you to expand or build on their work. (Or, you can do both.)

Journal. In a brief paragraph or two, discuss which journals you think will be appropriate targets for your article. This is just a preliminary statement, since as the work builds, it will become clearer as to which journals would be more likely to accept your work. The purpose of this section is to get you thinking in earnest of the types of journals and the types of materials each journal selects. You may wish to explore the Chronicle of Higher Education, which often publishes “calls for articles by journals.” Their website is http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5 (Links to an external site.)

Opportunity for Direction. Take the opportunity to add a plan of your work as you see it now, so that you can get some meaningful comments, feedback, suggestions, and direction from your instructor.

Note that in order to get some meaningful direction from your instructor, you will need to explain your ideas as well as you can at this stage. This section can be one page or several pages in length. This part of the assignment is not given a score. Your instructor will provide comments, suggestions and recommendations.

Select 3 theories and explain how they have increased our understanding of motivation. Compare and contrast their influences on human motivation in the contemporary work setting, Then, choose one theory that best applies to your own personal and developmental journey.

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Important theories that affect motivation

The Employee Component dominated various studies on organizational behavior. Of note are these important theories that affect motivation:

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene Theory
McClelland’s Learned Needs Theory
McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y
Adam’s Equity Theory
Vroom’s Expectancy Theory
Skinner’s Reinforcement Theory

Select 3 theories and explain how they have increased our understanding of motivation. Compare and contrast their influences on human motivation in the contemporary work setting, Then, choose one theory that best applies to your own personal and developmental journey.

Submit a 2-3 page paper (no more than 3 pages), exclusive of the cover page and the reference page. The paper should be double-spaced in Times New Roman font (or its equivalent), which is no greater than 12 points in size. The paper should cite at least 2 sources in APA format. The paper should be well-written. Check all content for grammar, spelling, and construction.

Be sure to use APA formatting in your paper. Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) is a free website that provides excellent information and resources for understanding and using the APA format and style. The OWL website can be accessed here: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html